The letter was real and sent to postal workers, but it didn't signal a new policy or departure from normal practices.

Tens of thousands of federal employees will be forced to work without pay after the government entered a shutdown over budget disagreements past midnight on Wednesday. After Democrats and Republicans ...

(CNN) — Senate GOP leaders are again shaking up their strategy as they look for more ways to pressure Democrats to end a three-week stalemate over government funding — this time, with a vote that ...

Sen. Ron Johnson (Wis.), the lead Senate Republican negotiator on a bill to pay key federal workers during the shutdown, says he has offered Democrats a proposal to pay all federal workers — essential ...

A new ruling settles the question if New Jersey teachers are essential workers who can file workers' comp claims over COVID-related costs and losses.